Padovana White Crested Black Hen T_ruth with cocks born June 2 (l) July 9 and later (r)  October 20  Agnesse, I_cat, Toma

June 10, 2007

Ideas such as you express are noble, just not realistic.  Sure you can hatch a few birds under hens, and yes, they seems to do better health wise, but on a larger scale, it just does not work.